2023 Football Roster

8 Jason Janvier-Messier

  • Position DE
  • Program Psychology
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 230
  • Hometown Beloeil, Que.
  • Eligibility 3rd
  • Previous School Champlain College Lennoxville
  • Year 4

Biography

2023: Dressed in only two games due to injury… Had a pair of sacks and two forced fumbles in the season opener vs. Western… Also recovered a fumble in Week 2 at Waterloo… Also blocked a field goal in Week 2… Finished his Lions career with 6.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss and 47 total tackles... Was taken in the fourth round, 33rd overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2024 CFL Draft.

2022: Outdid his 2021 OUA all-rookie nomination with an OUA all-star nod… Appeared in seven games at defensive end… Led the Lions in sacks with four… He also led the team with 5.5 tackles for loss… His 25.5 total tackles and 23 solo tackles were tops among Lion defensive linemen… He also had two forced fumbles, the only Lion to have more than one.. His best game of the year was in Week 7 vs. Windsor where he posted 7 total tackles, including six solo, and a sack... Earned U SPORTS academic All-Canadian honours.

2021: Named to the OUA all-rookie team … Started all six games on the defensive line … Recorded 17.5 total tackles (12 solo, 11 assisted), including three tackles for loss … Also had 2.5 sacks, three pass break-ups and one forced fumble, a strip-sack of Toronto quarterback Clay Sequeira.

2020: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

CEGEP: Spent three seasons with the Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars from 2017-19 and helped the team win the Bol D’or championship in his final season.

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Historical Player Information

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    20201st Year

    DE
    6'3" 240 lbs
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    20212nd Year

    DE
    6'3" 230 lbs
    8
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    20223rd Year

    DE
    6'3" 230 lbs
    8
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    20234th Year

    DE
    6'3" 230 lbs
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